It sounds like he's saying "Sentra," which is a car model and would make sense in terms of the 1986 part, but "sipping??!?!" Maybe not then...

Floating, maybe bc M. Jackson is renowned as a freaky dancer? That's all I could figure for that -- maybe he's captured in some sort of mid-air dance move? And Jackson 5, Jacksonville, blah blah is the guy trying to to think of what the name of the group he was in (he was right the first time -- maybe Jacksonville was just an attempt at a joke -- it's a fairly major US city in FL, btw).

When the guy says "This is young, birght-eyed Franz", he is talking about himself 30 years ago. (This is Franz Harary, by the way, if you know who he is). So, basically, he says "(back then) I had M. Jackson floating in my dressing room). Well, it IS possible that he had a picture of him in a sort of a leap or something. Jacksoneville makes good sense, thanks .

"We were skinnier" refers to his pet snake, as I told above (yes, he calls it "she").

Not sure about Sentra. There is nothing in the video to support this idea. He is fixing drinks for himself and his guest. when he says that.

Actually, I am not so sure about drinks now.... The visual is not very clear and is sort of dark. He is doing something, passing something to his guest, and a few minutes later I can see them sipping drinks. I am not certain what is that that he is handing to his guest. Maybe be a photo of his car. /me shrugs.

A new idea about Jackson. Harary shows his guest all kinds of old photos, mementos and stuff, and tells him about his career. I think it is very probable that he is showing him a photo where he is meeting Jackson backstage in a dressing room. Makes good sense in the context, no? But then, what is this word that sounds like "floating"?

This is my sentra. Were you sipping your sentra? I think... no, it would be this. this would be your sentra. Actually, that's yours right there. yeah, I had her since 1986. When I got her, we were both skinnier (I think he is referring to himself and the other guy)

I am thinking maybe "sentra" (or something that sounds like it) might be a snake breed (couldn't find any on google ), and maybe sipping is shipping?

Alternatively it could be "sencha" which is green tea and he is wondering whose cup is his. Therefore "sipped". And the rest refers to the snake... Actually I like this idea the more I listen to the clip. It isn

Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to talk, think and act for myself. - Chief Joseph, Nez Perce

I don't like to upset the apple cart, but that "Franz" sounds more like "bronze" to me.

There is absolutely no doubt that he is talking about himself . But you are correct, he doesn't pronounce his name to rhyme with, say, "dance" or "ants" (at least not the way a typical American would pronounce these words).

head off bad language _________ back__________ just choreography now, not doing the dancing myself at... I fell [LAUGHING] _________ one night, whoop! [LAUGHING] Ah, so... so, this is... this is the fear, here I was doing the current thing...